Hello! Ready for some super inexpensive ways to update any room? Here's the story!
I’ve been wanting to
update my bathroom for ages but most of my plans involved a bunch of money and
a considerable amount of time. I really like the look of board and batten in
bathrooms and thought that it would be easy enough to do myself. The problem
was that my bathroom shares a wall with the master bath, and that wall is FULL
of plumbing. So I was really nervous about nailing a bunch of panels to the
wall and hitting a water line. We actually did this when we were putting the
very last piece of trim after the great floor remodel of 2010! Busted right
through the hot water line to the water heater! It was horrible! So I decided that board and
batten just wasn’t in the cards.
I also wanted to
build a new vanity from a dresser I rescued over 2 years ago on Craigslist but
after I realized how much money it would take to put a solid top on it, not to
mention a new sink and faucet, I decided that I could live with my old vanity
for a while longer.
With my previous vision of the bathroom ruled out I decided
to come up with a plan that would look great and also cost me very little money.
All I really needed was paint, a mirror, and a shelf!
I repainted the bathroom from Behr’s Herbal Mist, to Benjamin
Moore’s Revere Pewter. I already had almost a gallon of this leftover from
paining our family room so this was a free update! While I was at it I also
repainted the ceiling white, which made a huge difference. Then I used
Rustolium gold metallic spray paint ($3) to repaint the medicine cabinet door.
The biggest expense for this project was building the shelf
along the side wall. This cost me $25 in materials and I already had the white
paint on hand. The shelf is huge a little over 5 feet long and about 6 inches
wide! I LOVE it! It really changes the look of the room. I also got a new
mirror that I bought a couple of months ago for a different project which I never
got around to. I think it was $20 from Home Depot. So all in all, this project
gave me a lot of bang for my buck and really updated the look of the bathroom! Ready
for some before and afters?
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I just LOVE this fresh space!
